Creative Statement
"Loving you in memory, hating you in reality." This is what drew me most to the real story behind the film.
The story is based on a friend of mine. His father went to prison when he was a small child, and although he was released after serving his sentence, he went back to prison again and again. All my friend's good memories of his father come from visiting him in prison as a child. Although in my friend's words his father was an out-and-out bastard, he would often praise his father's cooking without meaning to. Cooking was his father's only virtue, and he magnified it endlessly. At that moment I saw a light in his eyes. So I decided to use this light to create a story, one that tells the cruellest reality in the warmest way, and uses a fictional film to comfort wounded hearts in real life.
Synopsis
After nearly thirty years in prison, Hao Biao is released. He has long planned three things to do once out: visit his dead wife, find the son who has disowned him, and find the enemy who disappeared long ago. Years ago, Hao Biao killed a man to save his son, but now the son not only refuses to acknowledge him but is convinced that Hao Biao caused his mother's death. He will never acknowledge Hao Biao as long as he lives. Then things take a turn: an accident brings Hao Biao into the life of his granddaughter Wangwang. Wangwang is a little girl who wants to be a boy. She loves speed skating but always comes last, and her teammates often bully her. Under the protection of Hao Biao, her "old knight", Wangwang sets out on a knight's journey to find herself. The truth about the past comes to light, and the son, seeing how Wangwang has changed since Hao Biao's arrival, begins to try to accept him. But Hao Biao's efforts backfire. Just as Hao Biao decides to leave, his son finally accepts the old knight.
